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A man sits at his kitchen table, laptop
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open, hitting submit on job application
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number 199. Rejection emails pile up in
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his inbox like snowdrifts. He refreshes
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his screen. 200 applications sent, 200
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rejections received. His phone buzzes.
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An unknown number. A woman's voice says
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a CEO wants to meet him, but there's no
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job posting. He drives to the office,
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hand shaking on the steering wheel. The
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CEO walks out and shakes his hand
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firmly. "Someone told me about you," the
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CEO says. "I had to meet you myself."
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20 minutes later, the man walks out with
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a job offer. Sometimes the door that
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opens is the one nobody thought to
